NEW COURSES FOR 2005-2006
(Subject to Approval)
Please check this page at regular intervals for current status of proposed courses
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
The union between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics has emerged as a vital area of application for industry. It has been predicted that there will be robots in some 4 million homes by 2007 and the use of AI and robotics in medical and assistive tasks is also increasing at a great rate. The scheme will provide a grounding in the key technologies of AI and Robotics, and equip students with a wide range of vocational skills. Thus, this scheme will offer students a carefully designed course that will equip them for this expanding industry, and significantly enhance their employment prospects with the ever-increasing number of firms who employ AI and Robotics in their products.
Mobile and Wearable Computing
Computers are becoming more integrated with the environment, people and their everyday activities (examples include RFID tags, wearable computers, mobile telephones and congestion charging systems). The technological requirements and impacts of this ubiquitous computation are manifold and worthy of academic study in themselves, whilst the opportunities in employment for graduates in this area of technology are likely to be very good. The scheme will offer a sound grounding in the underlying technological matters as well as a set of vocational skills that will be attractive to employers who design, develop and deploy such systems. The proposed degree scheme draws extensively on existing modules and skills available within the department, but will emphasize the ways in which technology can be used to integrate with and enhance the lives of users as well as providing the technological basis required for ubiquitous and mobile computing.
Vision, Graphics and Games
Computer vision, image processing, graphics and visualisation are closely linked and have become a significant area within computer science during the past ten years. The developments within academia are followed closely or even overtaken by industry and as such there is a strong demand for specialised computer scientist graduates within these areas. Specific examples within the industry sector are games development, (medical) image understanding, movie special effects and industrial quality control. The scheme will offer a sound grounding in the underlying technologies as well as vocational skills.
If you require any information about these courses, please contact Dr Adrian Shaw on (01970) 622215
or email cs-admissions@aber.ac.uk.